Unlike the Assembly Democrats, the Senate Republicans are expecting revenues in 2011-12 to exceed what Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration has forecast by $438 million, according to a Senate report released today. Democrats, who control the Assembly, are projecting receipts will be $37 million less than the administration’s estimate. However, for the 2010-11 fiscal year, which […] …

Superintendents and other school officials are not pleased with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to cap superintendents’ salaries based on student enrollment, with a maximum salary of $175,000 a year. Cuomo is modeling his plan on New Jersey, where regulations took effect Feb. 7 that cap annual salaries of superintendents in districts with fewer than 10,000 […] …

Assembly Democrats are projecting the state’s receipts will $134.5 billion for the 2010-11 fiscal year, which ends March 31. That’s an increase of $7.8 billion—6.2 percent—over 2009-10. It’s $49 million less than what Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration is estimating. For the 2011-12 fiscal year, Assembly Democrats are estimating the state will bring in $132.8 billion, […] …

ADDED: The Assembly Democrats’ protected revenue for 2011-2012 is considerably lower what both the governor and Senate GOP have estimated. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the governor’s office today and came out talking about the need for “compromises, a lot of compromises.” Cuomo’s relationship with labor is…complicated. Albany Mayor Jerry …

Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, who ran as gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino’s running mate last fall, informed recipients of his so-called Monday Morning Memo (I’m not on that e-mail list, unfortunately, so this was forwarded to me by YNN Buffalo) that his personal Gmail account might have been hacked over the weekend. UPDATE: Google announced …

The New York Times’ Roger Cohen bravely accepts the job of moderating Rep. Anthony Weiner and former Rep. Brian Baird, as they discuss Israel, the Middle East, the Goldstone Report and other light topics this Thursday.

The state Senate today adopted a resolution honoring slain City of Poughkeepsie Police Detective John Falcone. The resolution states that Falcone “made the ultimate sacrifice” while “faithfully and courageously executing his responsibilities in the line of duty, serving with dedication, loyalty and compassion, and who devoted his purposeful life and career to serve and protect.” […] …

We’ve mused a lot on CapTon in recent weeks about why fight between public employee unions and Gov. Andrew Cuomo hasn’t risen to the same level of outright war that we’re seeing out in Wisconsin. The general response from everyone I’ve put that question to is that Cuomo hasn’t gone nearly as far as Wisconsin …